Professor Nora Sturges’ recent paintings depict the edges of human habitation— outposts in the wilderness of the arctic and overlooked margins of densely populated areas nearer home. The familiar landscapes examine both the practical and unplanned ways we transform our visual environment, while the arctic scenes offer evidence of our attempts to measure, tame, live in, understand, and improve our world, set against the unknowable vastness of nature itself. She will discuss her sabbatical paintings, their connection to her previous work, and her future artistic direction.
Her sabbatical presentation will be held in the Center for the Arts, room 3080 at the next COFAC Colloquium . The colloquium is scheduled on Friday, March 27 from 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm.
